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I’ve been a Spotify premium member for over a decade. I love their service for listening to and discovering music. I don’t want to be contributing to over-inflated ‘exclusive’ podcaster salaries that I never listen to.

In previous feedback to Spotify I’ve asked for a ‘hide podcasts’ option in the iPhone app. It’s unwanted clutter I don’t use.

Time to redirect the money I pay to the artists I listen to. What systems would others recommend?

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I also wanted to use a music service that supports the artists more and found that Napster[0](not the old P2P client) pays out the most royalties to artists. It works pretty well but obviously isn't as popular as spotify and doesn't have as many playlists but the music selection is similar. I use soundiiz[1] to bring my playlists over and it has been more or less seemless.

[0]:https://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2019/oct/31/b...

[1]:soundiiz.com

You’re the same type of person who wants to dictate where and how his taxes are used (“I’d like a 70%-30% split on health and education. What’s that? Defense? Yeah I don’t like tanks, no thanks. Oh but do make sure it goes to building MRI machines - I do like those very much, the hum is soothing to me”).

While the sheer arrogance and borderline solipsism do bring a smile to ones face, they are completely impractical.

I think this is a fair request. Maybe not a deal breaker for me though. It’s a little more expensive but you can just directly support the content you most enjoy. I’m not sure how convenient this is in the end though.

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